Health care enrollment ready to be tested

7:28 PM,
Sep. 29, 2013

Written by

Jim Collar
Gannett Wisconsin Media

A key date for the landmark Affordable Care Act arrives Tuesday when health insurance exchanges open to consumers for enrollment. One of the great obstacles for Wisconsinites: A public awareness gap.

"Based on the telephone calls we've made to existing patients, there are many who have no idea this is coming," said Kristene Stacker, director of the Fox Valley's Partnership Community Health Center, which has locations in Grand Chute and Menasha.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Wisconsin ranked the lowest in spending among the 50 states toward outreach, advertising and marketing, according ...